Launch news
Science begins for Smile
On 23 September, the European-Chinese Smile mission was declared ready to start revealing how Earth responds to the wind of charged particles from the Sun. This follows a busy in-space commissioning period since the spacecraft launched on 19 May and reached its target orbit for science operations on 20 June.
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Provenance
| Source | Spaceflight News — Launch news |
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| Feed | snapi/articles |
| Provider data as of | not stated |
| First observed here | 10 Oct 2026, 06:30 EDT |
| Last observed here | 12 Oct 2026, 19:10 EDT |
| In latest snapshot | Yes |
| Record identifier | 0d2513f1-c9b5-5683-b5a6-590f7219db77 |
Local observation history
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